All he wants for Christmas...

is his dang two front teeth!!

Braedan was four when he lost his two front teeth.  Yes, that's pretty young, but dentist said he might have had some trauma to make them fall out sooner and not to worry, they'd grow in and everything would be okay!

Well, it's almost three, yes THREE years later and the poor kid still has no front teeth!

We finally figured out that he happened to have an extra set of baby teeth up in his gums, that were blocking the two permanent teeth from dropping...

so after many appointments, lots of X-rays and finally finding an oral surgeon that took our insurance, it was time to pull those babies out!

Ready to go!  We were so lucky that the oral surgeon could do everything in office and no trip to the hospital was necessary!  Just an anesthesia mask and no IV needed!

They pulled out the extra set in his gums (and just put in one tiny stitch!) and had to pull the two next to the front teeth to make room for the permanent ones to finally come down!

So, even though he needs more teeth, they actually pulled five out today! 

(one that was loose on the bottom too!)

We decided all that craziness (and trouble with the crying coming out of anesthesia!) deserved a new lego ninjago set...(aka: "please mama, the tooth fairy will pay you back!")

And well, for a while, people will question the dental care of our son with all those missing teeth!  Eeep!  Let's just hope those suckers grow back quickly!